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Two more gold medals for Regina's Vincent

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Regina kayaker Lexy Vincent had four gold medals after the first two days of the Western Canada Summer Games, which are being held in the Wood Buffalo municipality of Alberta.

After winning the female K1 500-metre and 1,000m events Saturday, the 18-yearold Vincent reached the top of the podium twice more Sunday. She teamed with Alyssa McCullough of Saskatoon to win the female K2 1,000m and, along with McCullough and the Regina duo of Emma Donovan and Maeve McKinnon, won the K4 1,000m.

Also on Sunday, Saskatchewan won three gold medals in athletics – courtesy of Braden Close of Kindersley (male 200m para), Katelyn Lehner of Prince Albert (female 100m hurdles) and Tyrell Sawatzky of Carrot River (male shot put). Lehner also won a silver medal in the long jump Sunday.

Saskatchewan also won two gold medals in judo Sunday, when Lloydminster’s Brandon Morrison (over-66-kilogram male) and Prince Albert’s Ihor Pryschepa (over-81kg male) won their finals.

Meanwhile, Tea Anaka of Richardson and Zoey Bourgeois of Regina teamed up to win canoeing silver medals in the female C2 200m, 500m and 1,000m on Sunday. Anaka and Bourgeois joined Nicole Boyle of Saskatoon and Channa Topping of Martensville to place third in the female C4 1,000m.

Mateh Kowaluk of Saskatoon and Alex Paranko of Regina won a silver medal in the male C2 1,000m. Kowaluk and Paranko joined Christian Patterson of Regina and Aaron Thompson of Saskatoon to finish third in the male C4 1,000m.

Simon Chambers-Crease, Dieter Heuck and Nathan Mortin, all of Regina, and Andrew Nilsen of Warman won a silver medal in the male K4 1,000m. Mortin and Nilsen earned a bronze medal in the K2 1,000m.

Saskatchewan also won silver medals in the female C4 200m, female C4 500m and male C4 500m, along with a bronze in the male C4 200m.

The names of the medallists were unavailable.

Also on Sunday, Saskatoon’s Austin Edwards won a silver medal in the male high jump and a bronze in the 110m hurdles.

Saskatchewan’s other athletics medal Sunday was a bronze by Saskatoon’s Rachel Rosin in the female 400m.

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